Global Quality of Life Indexes

There are a number of measurements available to quantify and rank the quality of life among the world's nations. The Secular Community has initially chosen three prominent indexes to rank its member chapters:

• Human Development Index (HDI)

  The Human Development Index is published by the United Nations Development Programme. It was created to place the emphasis on "people and their capabilities" as a measure of a country's development, not relying solely on economic growth. The HDI is a combination of three dimensions of human development, a long and healthy life, knowledge (education) and a decent standard of living.



• The World Happiness Report

  The World Happiness Report is published by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network and is based largely on poll data from the Gallup World Poll. It is a "survey of the state of global happiness that ranks 156 countries by how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be."



• Global Peace Index (GPI)

  First started in 2009, the Global Peace Index is produced by the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP). The index is intended to measure "the relative position of nations' and regions' peacefulness." The GPI ranks 172 countries and territories, which accounts for 99.7% of the world's population.